photo credit: ChicagoGeek Dr Gavin Putland As Monash City Council tries to manufacture consent to tax buildings through council rates, the same idea looks set to be dumped in Tasmania and has just been pilloried in the local press in WA. Strictly speaking, the systems under attack in Tasmania and WA are based on the rental value of the property, … Read More
Fast Forward News #1
photo credit: quinn.anya We’re lucky to have supporters like David Pecotic flicking news summaries like this our way. I thought it about time we shared them, infact we should start our own e-news bulletin! A series of news snippets you can sample or click through. Big Smoke beats the rest | The Australian [Cities are where innovation, adaptation and early … Read More
118th Henry George Commemorative Dinner
118th Henry George Commemoration Address Tuesday Sept 1st Speaker: Mr J Kennedy Bennett, Coordinator of Site Rating Defence A rates analyst for 19 years with valuation work across 12 councils, his current project is uniting the Monash ratepayers behind a full economic disclosure model. We get to hear it first. Enjoy the welcoming atmosphere of the Pumphouse, just across the … Read More
McMansion Melbourne Costs Add Up
photo credit: Zest-pk The Age reports on the plague of spare rooms in Room to spare as city sprawls . Would Speed Renting help assist us all look outside our own social networks to consider someone who fits our dream home atmosphere? We are tracking down the listed report (below) to add to Rob Adams excellent piece on how we … Read More
Community Land Trust Momentum
photo credit: Carly & Art Renegade Economists Podcast 99 As recorded on the almighty 3CR, Wed July 22nd Subscribe to the podcast Community Land Trust Momentum: This week we talk to Dr Louise Crabtree about Community Land Trusts and the growing groundswell of support. Alice is back and we talk about Powershift, climate and everyday monopolies. Join the CLT E-Group … Read More